Historically Druids have had the limitation of the lack of a good AOE. However a 5 mana spreading plague came into play, SP is not a pure AOE but it plays that role for druid. Blizzard understood at some point that was too much...Druid was already overpowered and without their historical limitation were impossible to beat...so they nerfed SP, but now...with GI they got back a bit of their 5 mana SP together with the current SP,...isn't too much? What is your opinion?
Good card, but most Druid decks could replace it with Rotten Applebaum and probably still be just fine. As usual, it's the combo of ramp, armor gain, cheap single target removal, card draw, and all-in-one value in UI that makes every card seemingly powerful in Druid decks.
Giggling is not a problem. I won't be surprised if it gets nerfed eventually though due to all of the unwarranted amount of hate it receives. "Don't nerf our precious druid cards, quest rogue anything like that. Nerf Giggling!" How about you look at all the other cards. Giggling by itself is fine. Spreading plague is the most broken card in standard.
Yeah Giggling is definitely not the ROOT of the issue here. Druid would still be very strong even without the gigglings. Giggling just bolsters Druid’s broken core cards, pushing them to a point where their combo decks are more consistent than any control bullshit other classes could ever hope to pull. Nerf Druid’s core cards, not the giggling. More dust for us, and Druid finally gets another nerf.
Nope, I've even started dropping GI from decks, including my new Zoo build, which replaces it with 2 Mossy Horror. I feast on salty druid tears when I've baited out a Spreading Plague with a wide board and popped a 3/8 Mossy Horror, killing GI's and taunts and going for an unexpected OTK. Yum yum yum. A few others have figured out really good counters, they'll both stop being problematic cards because, as ever, people figure it out eventually.
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I wasn't planning on going for a run today. But those cops came out of nowhere.
Giggling is perfectly statted, 1 mana 2/1 body summoning two 2 mana 1/2 divine shield taunts. Now if my maths is correct, that comes up to 5 mana. It's just a good 5 drop, that's why people are playing it, not because it's broken. It's a problem in quest rogue because quest rogue is a problem.
Giggling is perfectly statted, 1 mana 2/1 body summoning two 2 mana 1/2 divine shield taunts. Now if my maths is correct, that comes up to 5 mana. It's just a good 5 drop, that's why people are playing it, not because it's broken. It's a problem in quest rogue because quest rogue is a problem.
It don't work like that, at 5 mana it is a really strong card. Sludge Belcher also worth 5 mana by stats and is considered to be the best taunt minion in HS history. But It soaks up only 2 attacks most of time, Inventor soaks up 4 attacks and it can't be silenced like Belcher can. Plus if it is balanced, why is it being played in 40% of all decks even in the meta where it is highly teched against? Inventor needs a nerf to 6 mana.
All this moaning about giggling inventor....the game needed a card like this, we've not had a decent neutral taunt since sludge belcher. Spreading plague at 6 mana is still way more BS than this card IMO.
Giggling is perfectly statted, 1 mana 2/1 body summoning two 2 mana 1/2 divine shield taunts. Now if my maths is correct, that comes up to 5 mana. It's just a good 5 drop, that's why people are playing it, not because it's broken. It's a problem in quest rogue because quest rogue is a problem.
Yeah its perfectly statted for THREE cards. In one card, it's insanely statted. But this is mainly, like so many things in hearthstone, a problem caused by the inherent weakness in the game's mana system and it's lack of granularity
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"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear turns into a cat and eats you." - Anonymous Druid
Just nerf Druid to the ground already. That class is what's the problem.
Giggling is a strong card. But it's allowed other tech cards to really shine like Mossy and Blood Knight, the latter of which rarely (or never, rather) saw play before.
Giggling is annoying, granted. But that's not reason enough to nerf it imo.
There are two neutral tech cards that absolutely eat it alive - Blood Knight and Mossy Horror, and both of those cards see plenty of other uses. It also buffs Mind Control Tech and Infest somewhat.
I think there are so many answers to it that if your deck seems to be getting punished by it. just tech in something. Particularly Blood Knight in aggro decks is a brutal answer.
No, giggling is not broken. It's great value, but hardly problematic. Aggro players will undoubtedly cry about it but all in all id say it's a fair vaule card for the cost.
If anything some of the class decks it fits into needs some cards nerfed. Druid especially, it's a god class tier right now, especially with token druid currently running amok. I'd say if a new batch of nerfs are due start hitting the druid class first before you go into neutrals that\ss cycle out eventually.
As stated above the only deck that truly makes giggling broken is quest rogue but that's ONE deck. Druid has a shit ton of broken decks in itself. I'd say druid is were Blizzard's priority should hit first.
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Historically Druids have had the limitation of the lack of a good AOE. However a 5 mana spreading plague came into play, SP is not a pure AOE but it plays that role for druid. Blizzard understood at some point that was too much...Druid was already overpowered and without their historical limitation were impossible to beat...so they nerfed SP, but now...with GI they got back a bit of their 5 mana SP together with the current SP,...isn't too much? What is your opinion?
It helps Token Druid, but Giggling Inventor is broken in just one deck - Quest Rouge.
Another problem is if you nerf it to 6 mana, the card would become understated for its cost.
Two other reasons for nerf: if it annoys a lot of people; and...
because of my 2 golden copies waiting for dust. :D
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Apart from SP, Druids have so many single target removals that it feels like aoe.
Druid is just silly all by themselves right now. Easily the least fun class to play against for me.
Good card, but most Druid decks could replace it with Rotten Applebaum and probably still be just fine. As usual, it's the combo of ramp, armor gain, cheap single target removal, card draw, and all-in-one value in UI that makes every card seemingly powerful in Druid decks.
Giggling is not a problem. I won't be surprised if it gets nerfed eventually though due to all of the unwarranted amount of hate it receives. "Don't nerf our precious druid cards, quest rogue anything like that. Nerf Giggling!" How about you look at all the other cards. Giggling by itself is fine. Spreading plague is the most broken card in standard.
Yeah Giggling is definitely not the ROOT of the issue here. Druid would still be very strong even without the gigglings. Giggling just bolsters Druid’s broken core cards, pushing them to a point where their combo decks are more consistent than any control bullshit other classes could ever hope to pull. Nerf Druid’s core cards, not the giggling. More dust for us, and Druid finally gets another nerf.
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Nope, I've even started dropping GI from decks, including my new Zoo build, which replaces it with 2 Mossy Horror. I feast on salty druid tears when I've baited out a Spreading Plague with a wide board and popped a 3/8 Mossy Horror, killing GI's and taunts and going for an unexpected OTK. Yum yum yum. A few others have figured out really good counters, they'll both stop being problematic cards because, as ever, people figure it out eventually.
I wasn't planning on going for a run today. But those cops came out of nowhere.
Giggling is perfectly statted, 1 mana 2/1 body summoning two 2 mana 1/2 divine shield taunts. Now if my maths is correct, that comes up to 5 mana. It's just a good 5 drop, that's why people are playing it, not because it's broken. It's a problem in quest rogue because quest rogue is a problem.
It don't work like that, at 5 mana it is a really strong card. Sludge Belcher also worth 5 mana by stats and is considered to be the best taunt minion in HS history. But It soaks up only 2 attacks most of time, Inventor soaks up 4 attacks and it can't be silenced like Belcher can. Plus if it is balanced, why is it being played in 40% of all decks even in the meta where it is highly teched against? Inventor needs a nerf to 6 mana.
All this moaning about giggling inventor....the game needed a card like this, we've not had a decent neutral taunt since sludge belcher. Spreading plague at 6 mana is still way more BS than this card IMO.
Yeah its perfectly statted for THREE cards. In one card, it's insanely statted. But this is mainly, like so many things in hearthstone, a problem caused by the inherent weakness in the game's mana system and it's lack of granularity
"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear turns into a cat and eats you." - Anonymous Druid
Just nerf Druid to the ground already. That class is what's the problem.
Giggling is a strong card. But it's allowed other tech cards to really shine like Mossy and Blood Knight, the latter of which rarely (or never, rather) saw play before.
Giggling is annoying, granted. But that's not reason enough to nerf it imo.
Not as broken but its getting there
There are two neutral tech cards that absolutely eat it alive - Blood Knight and Mossy Horror, and both of those cards see plenty of other uses. It also buffs Mind Control Tech and Infest somewhat.
I think there are so many answers to it that if your deck seems to be getting punished by it. just tech in something. Particularly Blood Knight in aggro decks is a brutal answer.
I would see nerfing that card in something like swapping battlecry for agony, so you need to destroy it first to launch two 1/2 divine shield minions
No, giggling is not broken. It's great value, but hardly problematic. Aggro players will undoubtedly cry about it but all in all id say it's a fair vaule card for the cost.
If anything some of the class decks it fits into needs some cards nerfed. Druid especially, it's a god class tier right now, especially with token druid currently running amok. I'd say if a new batch of nerfs are due start hitting the druid class first before you go into neutrals that\ss cycle out eventually.
As stated above the only deck that truly makes giggling broken is quest rogue but that's ONE deck. Druid has a shit ton of broken decks in itself. I'd say druid is were Blizzard's priority should hit first.